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StaTuesday: Bucks' Brogdon among best 3-point shooting rookies ever
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StaTuesday: Bucks' Brogdon among best 3-point shooting rookies ever

Published Mar. 7, 2017 2:03 p.m. ET

Malcolm Brogdon of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots the ball against the San Antonio Spurs.

Malcolm Brodgon has come out firing since the All-Star break.

The Milwaukee Bucks guard has six straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 14.6 points in the seven games since the long layoff. He is also shooting 52.7 percent from the field and has made 12 of 25 3-pointers (48.0 percent).

That last part shouldn't be so surprising.

Brogdon is making 42.8 percent of his 3-point attempts this season, which ranks seventh in the NBA among qualifiers.



























































Player Team 3P%
Otto Porter WAS 45.3
Kyle Korver ATL/CLE 44.7
Joe Ingles UTA 44.1
Allen Crabbe POR 43.5
Darren Collison SAC 43.3
Seth Curry DAL 43.2
Malcolm Brogdon MIL 42.8
C.J. Miles IND 42.6
Goran Dragic MIA 42.4
Luke Babbitt MIA 42.3



Despite being a second-round pick, Brogdon is now a leading contender for NBA Rookie of the Year. His sharpshooting is one reason why.

Since the NBA adopted the 3-pointer in the 1979-80 season, Brogdon is tied for eighth all-time among 3-point percentage for rookies. And it isn't because of a lack of shots. If Brogdon keeps up his current 3-point shots rate (2.5 per game), he will finish with 202 attempts, which would be fourth-most among that top-10 percentages list.

Also, if Brogdon can keep up his current rate of making 3-pointers, or improves on it, it will be the best by a rookie this decade and highest percentage by a first-year player since some guy named Stephen Curry.




























































































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Player Team Season 3PM 3PA 3P%
Anthony Morrow GS 2008-09 86 184 46.7
Drazen Petrovic POR 1989-90 33 74 45.9
D.J. Augustin CHA 2008-09 108 246 43.9
Stephen Curry GS 2009-10 166 380 43.7
Wesley Person PHX 1994-95 116 266 43.6
Mike Iuzzolino DAL 1991-92 59 136 43.4
Michael Dickerson HOU 1998-99 71 164 43.3
Hersey Hawkins PHI 1988-89 71 166 42.8
Malcolm Brogdon MIL 2016-17 65 152 42.8
Chris Copeland NY 2012-13 59 140 42.1



Apart from his ranking in NBA history, no Bucks rookie has ever shot the ball as well as Brodgon does from downtown.

Only five Bucks rookies have qualified for 3-point shooting leaders. Brogdon reigns supreme among Milwaukee rooks.




















































Player Age Season 3PM 3PA 3P%
Malcolm Brogdon 24 2016-17 65 152 42.8
Ray Allen 21 1996-97 117 298 39.3
Brandon Jennings 20 2009-10 145 388 37.4
Glenn Robinson 22 1994-95 86 268 32.1
Todd Day 23 1992-93 54 184 29.3



Dave Heller is the author of the new book Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth's Shadow as well as Facing Ted Williams Players From the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived and As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns

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